Our third annual Layouties! We look back at some of our favorite things of the year and give them awards.

Show Notes

Honorable mentions in the design community this year

• Abstract
• Figma
• Contrast
• GDPR

Worst design trend

• Pure black themes on mobile
• The Tiny Heads trend:
  • Tiny Heads at Evernote
  • Tiny Heads at Airtable
  • Tiny Heads at Procreate
• Everyone’s logo is the same
  • Nobel Prize
  • Burberry

Project/product you wish you has worked on

• Modern Online Banking
  • Zach Meredith
  • Morgan Allan Knutson
  • Zero
  • Revolut
  • N26
• AR
  • Shopify AR
  • Magnolia App

Favorite Game

• The Last of Us
  • Shout out to my friend Nicolas Bichon for lending me his copy of the game
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Rockstar’s Game Design is Outdated - NakeyJakey

Favorite Movie

• Black Panther
• A Quiet Place
• Honorable mentions:
  • Incredibles 2
  • Mission Impossible: Fallout

Favorite TV Show

• Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Westworld
• Honorable Mention: Queer Eye
• Getting Curious Podcast

Best Album

• CHVRCHES - Love is Dead
• Leon Bridges - Good Thing
• KIDS SEE GHOSTS
• James Bay - Electric Light

Best Podcast Episode

• Reply All #130: The Snapchat Thief
• Do By Friday: Bee. Wasp. Hornet.

Favorite Layout moment

• Layout #89: Shower Dingus
• Layout #106: Layout Redesign Your Website Month™

Most special moment for Layout this year

• Layout Stickers!
• Layout @ Loupe

One thing you learned about yourself

• Rafa learned that he is way less chill about stress than he thought
• Kevin learned that he is better at dealing with uncertainty than he thought

Special life moment of the year

• Rafa moved to Amsterdam!
• Kevin visited Portugal

Special work moment of the year

• Rafa took over as Head of Design at Netlify
• Kevin set up the Checkout team to be independent to allow him to focus on building a new team

Hosts

Kevin Clark (@vernalkick)

Rafael Conde (@rafahari)